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Dexter vs Arnold

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ArnoldWinner
81.3

Arnold wins: Longevity, Statistics

Dexter
81.2

Dexter wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Geoff Arnold
81.3

Arnold leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Took 115 Test wickets as England's swing spearhead in the 1970s.

1. Geoff Arnold
81.3
2. Ted Dexter
81.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Centuries per year

Career timeline · Centuries per year

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Centuries per year
1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ted Dexter5 years played · career day 1,825312 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Geoff Arnold5 years played · career day 1,825277 runs
-11.2% vs Dexter at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dexter004091312623
🇬🇧 Arnold004595277593

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricDexterRetiredArnoldRetired
Test runs4,502
Test centuries9
Tests as captain30
Test wickets66115
Tests played6234
First-class wickets1,130
Test average28
Five-wicket hauls in Tests6
Dominance w25%7876
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%7484
Honours w20%7874
Statistics w15%8690

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GOAT Rank · the data
Arnold81.3
Dexter81.2
The people
Dexter
Arnold

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